“A friend to kill time is a friend sublime.”

“Any friend of Gatsby is a friend of mine.”

“Is it possible to become friends with a butterfly?.. It is if you become a part of nature. You suppress your presence as a human being, stay very still, and convince yourself that you are a tree or grass or flower. It takes time, but once the butterfly lets it guard down, you can become friends quiet naturally.”

“An old cat is a good friend to talk to.”

“Ordinary imperfect people, always choose similarly imperfect people as friends.”

“Friends don't need the intervention of a third party. Friendship's a voluntary thing.”

“I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all.”